Number 28

In Fantasy 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,098 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

278times drawn · chance expected 269 +0.59σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

39longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 278 times in 2,098 draws against 269.0 expected, +0.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 278 times in 2,098 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 11 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 28 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest2 · chance 1.2
2nd smallest16 · chance 16.8
3rd smallest71 · chance 72.7
4th smallest122 · chance 121.2
5th smallest67 · chance 66.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 22 27 17 7 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 28 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 39. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 28 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-09-22	10	5th	9 11 16 22 28
2015-09-12	4	3rd	14 27 28 29 31
2015-09-08	3	4th	6 12 14 28 32
2015-09-05	5	4th	4 12

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 28 is drawn with probability 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-03-31	6	3rd	16 25 28 34 37
2015-03-25	2	3rd	16 21 28 30 35
2015-03-23	21	4th	1 13 22 28 35
2015-03-02	7	4th	6 9 22 28 35
2015-02-23	5	3rd	10 19 28 30 35
2015-02-18	11	4th	11 16 26 28 31
2015-02-07	7	4th	9 17 24 28 38
2015-01-31	1	3rd	21 23 28 35 36
2015-01-30	12	5th	1 4 10 17 28
2015-01-18	6	4th	3 4 10 28 30
2015-01-12	5	4th	5 13 22 28 37
2015-01-07	14	4th	10 12 17 28 39
2014-12-24	2	4th	4 18 26 28 36
2014-12-22	9	5th	5 6 7 17 28
2014-12-13	5	4th	11 19 24 28 36
2014-12-08	3	5th	9 10 16 21 28
2014-12-05	4	4th	2 3 11 28 32
2014-12-01	11	4th	2 4 19 28 39
2014-11-20	2	3rd	11 16 28 33 38
2014-11-18	7	4th	14 24 27 28 34
2014-11-11	23	5th	2 3 12 25 28
2014-10-19	1	4th	2 6 11 28 32
2014-10-18	16	4th	7 16 26 28 39
2014-10-02	12	2nd	22 28 30 36 37
2014-09-20	2	5th	9 13 19 26 28
2014-09-18	16	3rd	14 25 28 31 39
2014-09-02	9	4th	5 17 21 28 39
2014-08-24	1	4th	1 18 24 28 35
2014-08-23	9	2nd	25 28 29 32 36
2014-08-14	2	4th	4 17 18 28 39
2014-08-12	4	5th	9 15 23 24 28
2014-08-08	1	4th	6 13 14 28 33
2014-08-07	8	5th	8 9 12 24 28
2014-07-30	21	4th	1 8 11 28 29
2014-07-09	4	4th	3 7 17 28 29
2014-07-05	2	5th	2 10 15 17 28
2014-07-03	12	4th	6 8 22 28 35
2014-06-21	10	4th	21 24 27 28 35
2014-06-11	4	5th	3 4 9 27 28
2014-06-07	8	3rd	7 27 28 38 39
2014-05-30	18	5th	5 9 12 13 28
2014-05-12	4	3rd	8 13 28 34 36
2014-05-08	13	2nd	8 28 31 36 39
2014-04-25	6	5th	6 13 17 21 28
2014-04-19	12	3rd	9 11 28 32 39
2014-04-07	16	5th	9 12 17 21 28
2014-03-22	36	4th	6 7 27 28 34
2014-02-14	1	5th	2 5 17 27 28
2014-02-13	2	5th	3 16 20 25 28
2014-02-11	8	3rd	11 14 28 31 33
2014-02-03	7	5th	1 2 19 21 28
2014-01-27	1	2nd	16 28 34 37 38
2014-01-26	10	3rd	21 25 28 33 38
2014-01-16	1	1st	28 30 33 38 39
2014-01-15	2	5th	13 16 20 26 28
2014-01-13	3	5th	13 20 22 23 28
2014-01-10	6	4th	8 17 25 28 35
2014-01-04	8	4th	24 25 27 28 30
2013-12-27	1	5th	1 4 6 22 28
2013-12-26	6	4th	7 13 21 28 30
2013-12-20	8	4th	4 8 25 28 36
2013-12-12	8	3rd	14 27 28 37 38
2013-12-04	4	3rd	3 14 28 30 31
2013-11-30	7	4th	2 14 19 28 34
2013-11-23	2	3rd	8 22 28 31 39
2013-11-21	2	4th	4 16 17 28 31
2013-11-19	2	3rd	9 14 28 37 38
2013-11-17	2	4th	2 18 21 28 37
2013-11-15	15	3rd	16 19 28 30 31
2013-10-31	17	4th	3 7 26 28 31
2013-10-14	5	2nd	18 28 33 35 37
2013-10-09	5	2nd	22 28 29 30 34
2013-10-04	11	5th	2 12 20 22 28
2013-09-23	5	5th	11 14 16 21 28
2013-09-18	6	3rd	1 21 28 29 30
2013-09-12	18	4th	3 9 15 28 39
2013-08-25	5	3rd	5 10 28 30 32
2013-08-20	2	5th	3 5 7 23 28
2013-08-18	2	4th	14 24 27 28 39
2013-08-16	1	3rd	12 26 28 29 37
2013-08-15	12	3rd	26 27 28 32 38
2013-08-03	27	3rd	6 15 28 29 31
2013-07-07	39	5th	2 3 17 27 28
2013-05-29	10	4th	1 8 11 28 30
2013-05-19	17	4th	15 17 18 28 35
2013-05-02	1	3rd	6 12 28 29 30
2013-05-01	3	4th	1 7 17 28 31
2013-04-28	36	5th	8 11 12 26 28
2013-03-23	11	4th	2 3 17 28 38
2013-03-12	2	3rd	10 12 28 34 39
2013-03-10	5	3rd	10 16 28 29 33
2013-03-05	8	3rd	2 27 28 32 33
2013-02-25	1	4th	1 8 17 28 29
2013-02-24	3	4th	6 16 25 28 31
2013-02-21	1	4th	7 13 22 28 34
2013-02-20	2	3rd	11 26 28 29 37
2013-02-18	3	5th	3 7 16 22 28
2013-02-15	1	3rd	7 11 28 35 39
2013-02-14	26	4th	8 22 27 28 32
2013-01-19	2	5th	1 13 25 26 28
2013-01-17	6	4th	7 20 26 28 37
2013-01-11	4	5th	7 13 14 24 28
2013-01-07	2	5th	11 15 24 27 28
2013-01-05	1	3rd	5 23 28 30 32
2013-01-04	3	3rd	17 23 28 34 39
2013-01-01	24	4th	13 24 27 28 39
2012-12-08	4	5th	3 15 20 23 28
2012-12-04	5	5th	8 9 12 22 28
2012-11-29	9	5th	5 20 21 26 28
2012-11-20	11	3rd	17 20 28 34 35
2012-11-09	38	4th	10 12 15 28 39
2012-10-02	33	3rd	3 7 28 33 34
2012-08-30	8	5th	7 12 25 27 28
2012-08-22	17	3rd	15 26 28 30 39
2012-08-05	8	4th	1 10 24 28 36
2012-07-28	13	1st	28 30 31 34 38
2012-07-15	3	4th	6 12 26 28 38
2012-07-12	9	3rd	9 20 28 34 36
2012-07-03	5	4th	15 19 27 28 38
2012-06-28	1	3rd	3 12 28 29 37
2012-06-27	2	5th	4 6 11 20 28
2012-06-25	11	4th	10 19 22 28 30
2012-06-14	10	4th	6 12 19 28 37
2012-06-04	12	4th	8 20 25 28 29
2012-05-23	5	3rd	7 24 28 31 32
2012-05-18	10	4th	2 9 11 28 38
2012-05-08	7	5th	9 10 12 26 28
2012-05-01	29	4th	11 12 17 28 35
2012-04-02	2	3rd	7 27 28 35 39
2012-03-31	2	4th	19 20 21 28 31
2012-03-29	3	4th	2 5 19 28 35
2012-03-26	5	5th	3 12 15 27 28
2012-03-21	9	5th	10 17 22 23 28
2012-03-12	3	3rd	15 23 28 38 39
2012-03-09	1	3rd	5 20 28 30 39
2012-03-08	11	3rd	13 26 28 32 34
2012-02-26	3	5th	17 18 22 23 28
2012-02-23	18	5th	1 18 19 20 28
2012-02-05	6	5th	4 14 21 22 28
2012-01-30	4	4th	12 18 23 28 33
2012-01-26	1	2nd	20 28 30 31 37
2012-01-25	8	3rd	8 23 28 38 39
2012-01-17	10	4th	12 14 26 28 30
2012-01-07	9	5th	7 18 19 24 28
2011-12-29	6	2nd	25 28 31 36 38
2011-12-23	16	3rd	10 14 28 33 38
2011-12-07	1	3rd	6 10 28 33 34
2011-12-06	5	5th	14 20 21 26 28
2011-12-01	2	4th	10 22 23 28 33
2011-11-29	5	3rd	6 22 28 29 35
2011-11-24	17	3rd	7 26 28 34 39
2011-11-07	2	4th	2 4 13 28 33
2011-11-05	16	4th	16 20 25 28 33
2011-10-20	6	3rd	4 25 28 34 38
2011-10-14	6	2nd	16 28 34 36 39
2011-10-08	14	5th	1 5 10 19 28
2011-09-24	2	4th	10 19 25 28 30
2011-09-22	1	4th	3 7 24 28 39
2011-09-21	1	5th	13 15 17 18 28
2011-09-20	6	3rd	1 27 28 33 38
2011-09-14	20	4th	1 2 26 28 35
2011-08-24	15	4th	1 2 15 28 32
2011-08-07	7	2nd	10 28 31 32 36
2011-07-31	3	5th	3 15 20 24 28
2011-07-28	3	2nd	19 28 32 35 39
2011-07-25	3	5th	8 16 19 27 28
2011-07-22	5	4th	1 20 24 28 37
2011-07-17	12	5th	3 5 9 10 28
2011-07-05	4	2nd	27 28 29 32 33
2011-07-01	2	4th	6 10 16 28 37
2011-06-29	1	3rd	24 26 28 30 38
2011-06-28	2	3rd	26 27 28 33 39
2011-06-26	10	5th	7 13 24 27 28
2011-06-16	5	4th	7 15 22 28 29
2011-06-11	2	4th	5 14 20 28 33
2011-06-09	8	3rd	16 18 28 35 37
2011-06-01	4	5th	9 14 22 23 28
2011-05-28	5	4th	2 20 23 28 31
2011-05-23	1	4th	12 22 25 28 34
2011-05-22	1	5th	11 17 19 25 28
2011-05-21	2	4th	2 26 27 28 36
2011-05-19	18	3rd	14 18 28 31 39
2011-05-01	6	4th	1 6 20 28 36
2011-04-25	3	4th	4 12 22 28 38
2011-04-22	5	5th	5 6 14 22 28
2011-04-16	8	3rd	8 13 28 33 34
2011-04-08	29	4th	4 14 18 28 33
2011-03-10	2	4th	5 21 27 28 39
2011-03-08	15	4th	9 10 17 28 38
2011-02-21	9	5th	7 14 22 24 28
2011-02-12	1	4th	3 14 21 28 29
2011-02-11	4	3rd	2 22 28 31 38
2011-02-07	6	4th	3 24 25 28 37
2011-02-01	3	5th	11 20 22 25 28
2011-01-29	1	3rd	12 21 28 29 34
2011-01-28	11	3rd	2 27 28 37 38
2011-01-17	5	3rd	18 25 28 29 35
2011-01-12	13	4th	2 8 13 28 36
2010-12-30	9	3rd	4 26 28 34 36
2010-12-21	5	4th	11 15 17 28 39
2010-12-16	7	4th	12 15 26 28 29
2010-12-09	1	2nd	25 28 29 31 33
2010-12-08	8	3rd	6 25 28 30 35
2010-11-30	6	3rd	13 19 28 37 38
2010-11-24	3	5th	3 6 7 25 28
2010-11-21	4	5th	1 6 13 21 28
2010-11-17	1	4th	3 13 18 28 37
2010-11-16	4	3rd	15 20 28 29 34
2010-11-12	1	4th	8 17 26 28 36
2010-11-11	5	5th	7 8 10 12 28
2010-11-06	10	5th	2 13 22 27 28
2010-10-27	4	5th	9 10 16 18 28
2010-10-23	2	4th	4 5 18 28 32
2010-10-21	1	4th	11 13 16 28 29
2010-10-20	5	4th	7 12 21 28 39
2010-10-15	12	4th	8 23 26 28 30
2010-10-03	1	4th	9 18 20 28 31
2010-10-02	3	3rd	12 21 28 30 35
2010-09-29	6	4th	13 14 21 28 39
2010-09-23	15	4th	2 14 18 28 30
2010-09-08	5	4th	6 17 27 28 37
2010-09-03	1	3rd	19 27 28 29 35
2010-09-02	16	2nd	4 28 29 33 39
2010-08-17	4	5th	7 10 15 19 28
2010-08-13	21	3rd	25 27 28 34 36
2010-07-23	14	4th	10 16 18 28 36
2010-07-09	6	4th	2 15 24 28 38
2010-07-03	16	5th	3 15 21 27 28
2010-06-17	14	4th	7 21 22 28 34
2010-06-03	3	3rd	6 14 28 34 38
2010-05-31	1	5th	3 14 17 23 28
2010-05-30	9	3rd	7 22 28 35 39
2010-05-21	3	4th	15 16 24 28 38
2010-05-18	1	5th	6 9 15 21 28
2010-05-17	5	4th	17 24 26 28 38
2010-05-12	10	4th	2 6 23 28 29
2010-05-02	1	4th	4 10 13 28 35
2010-05-01	21	4th	4 15 26 28 35
2010-04-10	3	3rd	10 26 28 37 39
2010-04-07	10	4th	11 21 26 28 39
2010-03-28	5	4th	6 14 24 28 29
2010-03-23	1	4th	8 9 15 28 35
2010-03-22	3	4th	5 12 17 28 32
2010-03-19	5	4th	10 12 25 28 33
2010-03-14	2	4th	5 13 15 28 35
2010-03-12	21	4th	2 19 26 28 34
2010-02-19	7	4th	7 8 14 28 36
2010-02-12	1	5th	9 10 17 26 28
2010-02-11	12	4th	7 12 24 28 37
2010-01-30	3	4th	1 2 19 28 35
2010-01-27	5	4th	14 19 27 28 33
2010-01-22	9	5th	2 17 23 27 28
2010-01-13	10	4th	9 20 25 28 34
2010-01-03	—	2nd	5 28 34 35 38